People evacuate buildings as earthquake rattles Padang
JAKARTA: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s West Sumatra province on Tuesday (Nov 17), Indonesia’s meterological, climatology and geophysical agency said in a tweet on its official account.
The agency said that no tsunami warning had been issued for the earthquake, which occurred more than 100km from land and at a depth of 10km.
Eyewitness video shared with Reuters showed people evacuating Grand Inna Hotel in the city of Padang after the tremor on Tuesday.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre downgraded its magnitude for the quake to 5.8 from 6.2 initially.
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